Originally Posted by
TransitBiker
Does my head count as independent data? Or maybe the fact that i'm alive and well after smacking my head at 25 mph onto concrete one time? I've retired two helmets that otherwise would have been coma (or death) inducing impacts. I think the case is closed on helmet safety so lets move on, eh?
- Andy
While thats awesome and I'm glad you're ok
.... no, it isn't really. It doesn't say anything about whether MIPS helmets are safer, whether there is a trade off or not, etc. I'm not calling any of the current standards out there great, they are measured at standardized testing facilities. The only testing thats not direct from the creators of MIPS seems to be the Swedish study done by an insurance company, which doesn't share the test information, just the overall rating they applied, and the only MIPS helmet was not the top choice.